Variable deletion of French /l/: linguistic, social and stylistic factors
Variable deletion of French /l/: linguistic, social and stylistic factors
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法语 /l/ 的可变删除:语言、社会和文体因素
DOI:
10.1017/s0959269500004956
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发表时间:
1996
影响因子:
0.6
通讯作者:
Nigel Armstrong
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作者:
Nigel Armstrong
ABSTRACT This article considers variable /l/-deletion in the French definite articles, subject clitic pronouns and in one frequent phono-lexical context, exemplified by table ‘table’ and ronfle ‘snore’. It reports the treatment of /l/ by a sample of secondary schoolchildren from Lorraine in north-eastern France. The definite articles and subject clitics are considered on the one hand in relation to the linguistic constraints which influence /l/-deletion, and on the other to the extra-linguistic variables of age, sex and speech style. Variable /l/-deletion in the phono-lexical context referred to above is examined principally in relation to the lexical input which influences /l/-deletion. Finally, we consider whether the sociolinguistic patterns reported here are indicative of linguistic change in progress, or whether the effects observed are revelatory rather of attitudes to non-standard linguistic forms inculcated in speakers by normative French pedagogy.